Best Practices

Security · Updated 2026-07-27

Trading memecoins and low-cap tokens carries significant risk. These practices help you use ARCHR's features to manage that risk effectively.

Getting Started

Start with small amounts. Fund your wallet with an amount you can afford to lose while you learn the system.
Start in manual mode. Leave auto-buy off until you have placed a few trades by hand and are comfortable with how buys, sells, and exits behave.
Explore the settings before your first trade — understand buy amounts, slippage, and risk management options.

Set a Stop Loss on every position, especially on auto-buys. A stop loss automatically sells if the price drops to your threshold, limiting downside.
Use Price Protection for auto-buys. This 3-minute safety net auto-sells if the token price doesn't increase from entry within 3 minutes — catching dumps shortly after you buy.
Enable Auto-Buy Protection to prevent duplicate purchases of tokens you already hold. This is on by default and blocks accidental repeat buys from multiple signals.
Keep enough SOL for sell fees. Auto-buy soft-pauses when a new buy would leave too little SOL to exit open positions (~0.01 SOL reserved per position). Deposit or lower buy size so exits stay possible.
Apply filters to control which signals can trigger auto-buys:
- Market cap filters — set min/max market cap thresholds
- Holder count filters — require a minimum number of holders
- Shield filters — block tokens flagged with rug-pull or honeypot indicators

Choose a Trading Plan that matches your style. Plans define multi-stage exit strategies (take profit levels, stop losses, trailing stops) that execute automatically.
In Basic Mode, you set a single TP, SL, and optional trailing stop.
In Plan Mode, you pick from pre-configured or custom multi-stage plans with escrow exits.
Apply a plan before your trade, either per-signal or as a global default, so risk management is active from the moment you enter a position.

Use the Auto-Buy Control Panel (main menu 🤖 Auto) before relying on auto-buy. Confirm the label shows ACTIVE, not just SETUP.
Run Diagnostics if trades are not firing — signal auto-buy needs Global Auto-Trade + per-signal auto-buy + execution-wallet auto-buy; copy trade needs Global Auto-Trade + Copy Auto-Buy + per-wallet Copy Trade.
Set your buy amount conservatively. You can use a fixed SOL amount or a percentage of your wallet balance.
Review your signal preferences to control which signal types can trigger auto-buys independently from alerts.
Use the per-wallet buy amount override if you want different allocation sizes across wallets. Changing the global buy amount with multiple wallets may prompt you to sync overrides to all wallets.

Only copy wallets you trust. Copy trading mirrors another wallet's buys automatically — you are trusting their judgment with your funds.
Verify all three copy auto-buy gates in 🤖 Auto → Diagnostics: Global Auto-Trade, Copy Auto-Buy, and per-wallet Copy Trade.
Set the minimum buy threshold (default: 0.25 SOL) to filter out test transactions and dust buys from tracked wallets.
Enable "Use Global Filters" on tracked wallets so your market cap, holder, and shield filters still apply to copy trades.
Monitor copied positions through the Positions screen and Live Dashboard just like any other trade.

Start with analysis, not trades. Ask the agent to analyze tokens, check market data, or review your positions before asking it to execute trades.
Use confirmation mode (Auto-Execute OFF, the default). Every trade the agent proposes will require your explicit approval before execution.
Agent safety limits: max 10 agent-initiated trades per day with a 30-second cooldown between trades.
Your API key is encrypted with AES-256 and only used to call the LLM — you pay your provider directly.

Back up every wallet's private key separately. Each wallet has its own key — losing one means losing access to that wallet's funds.
Export keys from Manage Wallets → Wallet Detail → Private Key.
Store backups in an encrypted password manager and in at least one additional secure location.
Your original signup wallet cannot be removed, but additional wallets can be deleted at any time.

Use the Live Dashboard (/live) to watch open positions with 3-second auto-refresh.
Check P&L History (/history) regularly to review your closed trades and overall performance.
Use position sync if your on-chain balances don't match the bot's tracking — this reconciles any discrepancies.

Enable two-factor authentication on your Telegram account.
Never share your private key with anyone, including anyone claiming to be support.
Be cautious of phishing — ARCHR will never DM you first or ask for keys outside the import flow.
Verify transaction details before confirming any trade.